How is it the Pistons have just had 2 days off despite already having 2 5 day breaks not counting the All Star break this season? They don't play a back to back until March 12th and haven't played one since February 22nd! Did their season start 3 weeks prior to everyone else's?

Wow...we get to play an excellent team in their house.
Good news for those sitting next to Sheed on the tank.
Bad news for those interested in an 8th seed.
Will Dwight Howard take Drummond to school?
Will Drummond make a good showing tonight?
Can the Pistons hang with these guys?......or
Has the tank started rolling?

Although the Pistons got as close as 7 with 94 seconds left....no one believed after the first quarter tank job that they would actually win the game. But you have to pretend to put up an effort even in the unofficial tank mode.

Third time this season and second time this week that the Pistons have scored 110 points and still lost the game. Defense no where to be found in the first half and even when the Pistons tried to fight back in the second half, Patrick Beverly knocks down 5 of 9 from beyond the arc, including 2 in the last 4.5 minutes to "dagger and thwart" any chance of a Piston late game upset. The fact that he was open to shoot nine threes was bad enough. The Rockets were 11-33 from beyond the arc......we made our usual 4.....

Monroe was turrible in the first half at one point going 1-9. Josh had a free rain to just shoot at will and he did going 8/24......in contrast Dre was 8/11....

Need no hype expect to our young big men, they were outexperienced, how many years it took to get Amir to refrain his PF ? with Howard still looked like a bull in china shop.
6'1 Beverly is starting for a winning team. I love to watch this small guy play because he looks like a young WB.

At this point in the season, I just want the Pistons lose themselves into at least the 7th spot, and to be able to take something positive out of each game. Tonight, it appeared to be Drummond. After Howard abused him in Detroit, here is the stat line:

At this point in the season, I just want the Pistons lose themselves into at least the 7th spot, and to be able to take something positive out of each game. Tonight, it appeared to be Drummond. After Howard abused him in Detroit, here is the stat line:

Drummond has heart. You could build a franchise around this guy. You could tell in the post-game interview that this guy really, really cares. Not a lot of other guys on this squad you can say that about.

How much do the Pistons value D? They start Singler on Harden, which is a total joke. After not playing in the first half due to foul trouble, we see Singler continually losing Harden, who passes to the resulting open man. My theory, Houston got bored with us shortly after the first quarter. I mean, how can anybody really take the Pistons seriously with guys like Singler on their team and Bynum to boot.

Houston toyed with about a 24 point lead much of the first half. Again, mostly boredome kept us in it at all.

JJ looked pretty darn good at small forward, able to contend inside well as part of our front line.

Foul trouble. No problem, go back to yesterday's news, CV. CV did not do that poorly. He tried to play around the hoop. But hey, we could really use another defensive player. Why not try Mitchell. This coaching staff can not seem to understand that giving up 120 points kind of sorta means your defense has problems.

Drums was on fire on the boards after a somewhat slow start in the opening moments of the game.

Jennings looks invisible at times, but if you notice, the ball is getting inside, and Jennings is doing his job, of getting the balls to guys named Smith and Monroe.

Stuckey had a pretty decent game. But Pope should have started, or at least come in when Singler went out immediately with foul trouble. How much do the Pistons value D? Pope came in, immediately got a steal and a dunk. And came right back out. For Bynum. Completely absurd.

Its not our team. Its the coaching staff. Absolutely no plan to win this one. Shameful.

Odds of us snatching a win on the road against the 4th best western conference team was slim to none. Would have taken a really hot shooting night. Smith's 9 misses in the first quarter alone was a good sign that it wasn't going to be that night for us.

How much do the Pistons value D? They start Singler on Harden, which is a total joke. After not playing in the first half due to foul trouble, we see Singler continually losing Harden, who passes to the resulting open man. My theory, Houston got bored with us shortly after the first quarter. I mean, how can anybody really take the Pistons seriously with guys like Singler on their team and Bynum to boot.

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I agree that putting Singler on Harden is a mistake. And I am sure that Harden made Singler look like a fool.

Having said that, are there many players in the NBA who can truly put the brakes on a guy like Harden? I mean, if he played on him most of the game, Harden shot less than fifty %, particularly bad from 3 (where he would usually burn us badly) and only shot 8 free throws as opposed to his usual 50+. A lot of assists (unusually high) but it's not like he had a career night against Singler. Is this really a big part of why we lost?

NB. This is a genuine question. I didn't watch the game, but just figure that Moose having a strangely off night and Jennings chucking like Jennings would probably have killed us as well.

I agree that putting Singler on Harden is a mistake. And I am sure that Harden made Singler look like a fool.

Having said that, are there many players in the NBA who can truly put the brakes on a guy like Harden? I mean, if he played on him most of the game, Harden shot less than fifty %, particularly bad from 3 (where he would usually burn us badly) and only shot 8 free throws as opposed to his usual 50+. A lot of assists (unusually high) but it's not like he had a career night against Singler. Is this really a big part of why we lost?

NB. This is a genuine question. I didn't watch the game, but just figure that Moose having a strangely off night and Jennings chucking like Jennings would probably have killed us as well.

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Pretty much anyone we put on Harden, other than Singler, did fine guarding the guy. Remember, Harden was not guarded by Singler much in the first half, as Singler only played 3 minutes in the first half, only two of which was guarding Harden.

Singler only played 3 minutes in the first half....and we were down by like 21 points. So this blowout didn't have much to to with Kyle Singler.

The only thing that really makes these games worth watching for me is Andre Drummond. Houston is as good as any team we have played this season. I give the Pistons credit for fighting back in the second half.